NELSON MANDELA

A clip of President Biden's 2007 interview with David Letterman, when the then-senator claimed to have been arrested at age 21 for illegally entering the Senate chamber, went viral.

Its posture of neutrality on the war in Ukraine is wearing thin, and a naval drill with Russia is the last straw.

I applaud the work the royal couple does inspired by my grandfather. I abhor those who exploit his legacy for personal gain.

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Sunday marks its 111th anniversary with celebratory events in Mangaung, Free State province, where the organization was founded in 1912.

In a new interview, Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Ndileka defended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's use of the political activist's quotes in the couple's latest docuseries.

The granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for using the former South African president’s name to pull in Netflix audiences in their latest documentary, saying: “It’s deeply upsetting and tedious.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's upcoming Netflix documentary about "inspiring leaders" was criticized by royal experts in a new interview with Fox News Digital.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared what they have in store for their next streaming show.

The president of South Africa is fighting for his political future in a dramatic reversal of fortunes for an anti-apartheid icon once admired for tackling the problems of Africa’s most developed economy.

South Africa’s president might lose his job as he faces possible impeachment over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars stashed inside a couch on his farm.

A new production of “The Wiz” is heading out on a national tour next year before following the yellow brick road to Broadway.

More than two decades after his dramatic ouster from government and imprisonment, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim finally has his day.

De Klerk received the prize in 1993 alongside anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, for his role in ushering South Africa into democracy.

A group of elder statesmen founded by Nelson Mandela says the United Nations needs to be more muscular and united if it wants to remain a central player in tackling the world’s multiple escalating crises.

Members of the group of prominent former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela say the war in Ukraine can only end with a diplomatic solution that gives both sides something

Members of the group of prominent former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela say the war in Ukraine can only end with a diplomatic solution that gives both sides something.

It will raise his stature as a superspreader of election denialism — and the bar for what constitutes loyalty to Donald Trump.

Rugby standout Siya Kolisi grew-up in South Africa's impoverished townships. Now he wants to use his fame to give back to communities lacking resources and opportunity.

When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most powerful office.

This week the objective was to insert mention of Julian Assange into a meeting between Mexico’s president and the United States’ top diplomat.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have unveiled their official White House portraits in an event filled with nostalgia and humor.

Fans of the late Princess Diana have placed tributes outside the gates of her Kensington Palace home, marking the 25th anniversary of her death in a Paris car accident.

George Christian helped CBS News document iconic global events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Nelson Mandela's prison release and presidential election.

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party begins its key policy conference on Friday beset by internal divisions and the country’s economic woes.

She was a combative defender of Mandela's African National Congress.

Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope in an uncertain and divided world to reclaim democracies and leave a better future for children

Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope in an uncertain and divided world to reclaim democracies and leave a better future for children.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National Congress party Jessie Duarte, who died Sunday after a long battle with cancer.

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa could face criminal charges and is already facing calls to step down over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars in U.S. currency that was hidden inside furniture at his game farm.

Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali has arrived in South Africa for talks about holding a race in the country as early as next year.

El Salvador has one of the world’s strictest abortion laws, banning the procedure in all circumstances including cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation and risk to a pregnant woman's life.

A South African court has convicted a pastor of plotting to overthrow the government and to kill thousands of Black people in the country.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating a record 70 years on the throne. Here are some key moments from her long reign and life.

Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree is among those included in the project launched by Prince Charles.

A small archipelago off Mexico’s Pacific coast that had been home to an island prison colony is finalizing preparations to receive tourists.

The My Constitution program uses action to help kids understand their rights.

Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions but has suffered some of the world’s heaviest impacts of climate change.

Dimitri Maritz, the manager of Sanctuary Mandela, a luxury hotel built from Nelson Mandela's former home, said Bill Clinton visited regularly.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed his government will effectively tackle the country’s pressing problems of corruption, nationwide power cuts, high unemployment and the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From incredible historical dramas to heart-warming and inspiring animated films, there's a movie for everyone on this list to celebrate and honor Black culture and history. Featuring films by talented black directors.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling party, the African National Congress, must work to regain popular support after being embroiled in corruption scandals and divided by bitter factional rivalries.

Sidney Poitier made history — on the screen and off.

New York auction house Guernsey's has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader's belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island.

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, is to celebrate its 110th anniversary this weekend amid deep divisions, graft allegations and broad challenges that saw it perform dismally in local government elections last year.

The fire that has already destroyed South Africa’s main Parliament chamber flared up again Monday about 36 hours after it started in the 130-year-old complex of historic buildings.

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been our moral compass and national conscience," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a eulogy at Tutu's state funeral on Saturday.

His plain pine coffin, the cheapest available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays, was the center of the service.

A funeral service is underway in Cape Town, South Africa, for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been remembered at his funeral for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people.

South Africans of all walks of life are paying their respects to Desmond Tutu.

An anguished encounter between two titans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle during the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings still rankles some Black South Africans.

Desmond Tutu was, for many around the world, an icon.

Tutu died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Center in Cape Town, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust said.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu is being lauded around the world after his death Sunday at age 90.

His fervent pleas for peace and racial justice were a constant balm to a country on the edge of catastrophe.

A South African Cabinet minister is urging the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country’s first Black president, was long jailed for his opposition to apartheid.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, has lost control of the city councils of Johannesburg and other major cities, following recent local government elections.

South Africa is engrossed in debate over the legacy of apartheid’s last president, F.

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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has received less than 50% of votes in nationwide elections for the first time.

South Africa’s voters have delivered a significant rebuke to the governing African National Congress, the party of late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, which got less than 50% of ballots cast in local government elections.

South Africans are voting in local government elections that will offer an indication if support for the ruling African National Congress has rebounded after waning in recent years.

As South Africa heads to crucial local elections, the country has been hit by a series of crippling power blackouts that many critics say highlight poor governance.

South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu is marking his 90th birthday.

As South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90, recent racist graffiti on a portrait of the Nobel winner highlights the continuing relevance of his work for equality.

After uncertainty over whether COVID-19 would force South Africa to postpone local government elections, the courts have ruled that the crucial polls should move ahead.

The interior ministry of the new Taliban government is seeking to end protests in Afghanistan after days of demonstrations that have brought heavy-handed assaults on protesters.

Syed Ali Geelani, an icon of disputed Kashmir’s resistance against Indian rule and a top separatist leader who became the emblem of the region’s defiance against New Delhi, has died at 91.

South African photographer John Parkin has died at the age of 63.

In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokémon and rap music.

The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and testifies to the sport’s inclusivity.

Following the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma, and at a time when inequality is worse than during apartheid, mob violence is threatening the country’s constitutional order.

New York Times opinion columnist Gail Collins, Associated Press Editor at Large John Daniszewski and journalist Katherine Boo have been elected as co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

South Africa has been rocked by the worst violence since the nation achieved democracy in 1994.

People were urged to honour the anti-apartheid hero's legacy by rebuilding after riots left 212 dead.

The country’s high court orders a former president to prison over his defiance in a corruption probe. The ruling may be a turning point in curbing a culture of impunity.

Ms Maxwell’s lawyers have complained that the jail subjected her to isolation, dirty drinking water, and ‘inadequate’ food

That wasn’t supposed to be there.

Graça Machel, an internationally-renowned advocate for equality and the widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela, told CNBC the response from global leaders to the Covid-19 crisis has been "inadequate." Machel, who is also the founder of the Foundation for Community Development in Mozambique, specifically criticized the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Trump has also previously cited what he called "the World Health Organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus." A senior administration official at the White House told CNBC that the president has been clear that the WHO needs to reform. We account for more than 40 percent of total global health funding," the official said in a statement.

1991: Nelson Mandela, seen here in 1992 with South African President F. W. de Klerk, is chosen as president of South African ANC. Mandela would lead the ANC in the multi-party negotiations that would lead to the country's first multi-racial elections in 1994. Hide Caption

CBS News Foreign Correspondent, Johannesburg

A former CIA operative in South Africa in the 1960s says he tipped off the apartheid regime to help track down activist Nelson Mandela, leading to his 26 year imprisonment.

Nelson Mandela is freed from jail after 27 years, Princess Diana announces her second pregnancy, and "Taxi Driver" makes its theater debut. All this and more as CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Kristine Johnson take a look in the CBS News archives in "The Way It Was."

The Academy Award-winner is one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, having played characters like a prisoner in "The Shawshank Redemption" to Nelson Mandela in "Invictus." He's even played god -- twice. Freeman joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his experience directing and acting in Sunday night's premiere episode of “Madam Secretary.”